Event #1: $350 Monster Stack Ends in a Six-Way Deal

Our updates may be focused on the keystone $1,650 Main Event, but this is not the only tournament that’s played out during the latest Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Ameristar East Chicago stop.

There has been a slew of side events all week long including Event #1: $350 Monster Stack, a tournament that drew 957 runners and created a $287,100 prize pool.

Among those to cash it was Mike Younan (3rd - $27,572), Greg Koutelidakis (14th - $2,957), Howard Hankin (18th - $2,125), Mike Shin (26th - $1,701), Abraham Montenegro (34th - $1,462), and Bob Chow (47th - $1,160).

The tournament came to an end with the final six players working a deal that resulted in Michael Tullia of Lombard, Illinois taking $30,435 in prize money and Matthew Porter $30,283. However, it was Brandon Casto who got the trophy plus $25,250 in prize money.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Michael Tullia	Lombard, Illinois	$30,435*
2	Matthew Porter	McHenry, Illinois	$30,283*
3	Mike Younan	Chicago, Illinois	$27,572*
4	Brandon Casto	Parma, Michigan	$25,250*
5	James Calvo	Las Vegas, Nevada	$24,426*
6	David Oppenheim	Mercer Island, Washington	$16,810*
7	Andrew Campbell	Oswego, Illinois	$7,034
8	Ali Reza Mehraban	Bolingbrook, Illinois	$5,943
9	Thomas Matteucci	Mount Prospect, Illinois	$4,938

_{*Denotes final table deal.}